The game freezes at startup
issueid=6703 04-28-2021 07:15 AM
Junior Member
Number of reported issues by True_Spike: 1
The game freezes at startup

I bought the game on GOG, but unfortunately can't play the latest version of it.

Around 1-2 seconds after launching the game (doesn't matter if it's done from the shortcut or the galaxy launcher) the game screen freezes and becomes unresponsive. A few seconds later the adom.exe process is listed as unresponsive in the task manager and I need to kill it (waiting for it to bounce back doesn't work even after 15 minutes of waiting). The music is playing normally in the background. The same happens if the game launches in ASCII mode.

Version: 3.3.4.1 and 3.3.4
OS: Windows 10 Home

No antivirus, firewall doesn't interfere either. No adom.err file.

Reverting back to 3.3.3 fixes the issue (I wouldn't consider this a proper fix though...).
Issue Details
Issue Number 6703
Project ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
Category Windows 10
Status Unconfirmed
Priority 1 - Highest
Affected Version ADOM 3.3.4
Fixed Version (none)
Milestone (none)
Users able to reproduce bug 1
Users unable to reproduce bug 0
Assigned Users (none)
Tags (none)




04-27-2022 04:27 PM
Junior Member
This is also happening for me with the free version.

Version: 3.3.3
OS: Windows 10 Home 21H1

I've tried disabling antivirus, no error file, nothing in the log file. Shame because I wanted to give the game a go...

05-07-2022 12:03 PM
Junior Member
Maybe you can try another OS like DOSBox or Linux.

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